Re: [expert] expert] OT: M$ Word on MDK

2002-04-11 Thread Brian Parish
Yes, you are absolutely correct Wolfgang. As much as I would love SO to be 100% foolproof in handling M$ formats, I get problems on even reasonably simple files. SO6 beta was better and maybe SO 6 final has got it right, but even if the problems you referred to have been adressed, as soon as

[expert] expert] OT: M$ Word on MDK

2002-04-10 Thread falcaraz
Why you don't forget M$ Word and try with OpenOffice or Staroffice 6.0? Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] expert] OT: M$ Word on MDK

2002-04-10 Thread J. Craig Woods
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why you don't forget M$ Word and try with OpenOffice or Staroffice 6.0? Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) The Spaniard is RIGHT ON Free yourself from the shackles of servitude, break away from the billy gang, liberate you soul from the world of micro$oft. Do

Re: [expert] expert] OT: M$ Word on MDK

2002-04-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 13:12 -0500, J. Craig Woods wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why you don't forget M$ Word and try with OpenOffice or Staroffice 6.0? Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) The Spaniard is RIGHT ON Free yourself from the shackles of servitude, break away from the

Re: [expert] expert] OT: M$ Word on MDK

2002-04-10 Thread falcaraz
But Wolfgang, OOo and Staroffice 6 are fully compatible with Microsofts Office files; you can read or save files in powerpoint, word or excel format. Perhaps more problems about access. And you can share files between computers runing linux, macs, solaris and windows. In our laboratory all we

Re: [expert] expert] OT: M$ Word on MDK

2002-04-10 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 20:54:28 +0200 Wolfgang Bornath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not because the standard is better quality but because you don't want to have your customers or business partners on the phone complaining they can't read your calculations or documents. Then why, when M$ comes out

Re: [expert] expert] OT: M$ Word on MDK

2002-04-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 15:26 -0400, Pierre Fortin wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 20:54:28 +0200 Wolfgang Bornath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not because the standard is better quality but because you don't want to have your customers or business partners on the phone complaining they can't

Re: [expert] expert] OT: M$ Word on MDK

2002-04-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 21:10 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But Wolfgang, OOo and Staroffice 6 are fully compatible with Microsofts Office files; you can read or save files in powerpoint, word or excel format. Perhaps more problems about access. And you can share files between computers

Re: [expert] expert] OT: M$ Word on MDK

2002-04-10 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 20:54:28 +0200 Wolfgang Bornath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snippage If these programs can import a word doc and - after editing - export it into M$ Word without any loss of format, then I will happily switch to the Linux Office World.